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The headlines are full of disappointing news regarding the housing industry; however, the current flat economy is creating opportunities for many. As in many areas around the United States, people who have wanted to buy in high end areas such as Boston but could not are reaching for their dreams of finding a first home in a coveted location. It seems that the buzz word in real estate right now is opportunity.

According to many real estate companies, there are a lot of great deals to be found in today’s housing market. This does not come as a big surprise to the many folks looking to buy their first home, particularly in Boston. Massachusetts home prices have fallen around 10 percent since 2005 which is allowing many first time home buyers to enter a market they previously could not afford.

One of the big draws for the first time home buyer today is the perks they are finding. With the efforts of the government, housing development centers and other incentives available first time home ownership is a dream come true for an increasing number of people all over the United States and all over Massachusetts.

Many programs in Massachusetts offer a number of resources for the first time home buyer including classes, information, guidance and even a lottery system for the individuals that qualify to purchase condominiums and homes at below-market prices. There are plenty of enticing programs available for the first time buyer as well in the Massachusetts housing. If a person works for the town or city as a teacher, firefighter, police officer or other public service position they can be eligible for lower interest rate loans. Similar programs are available for people using public transportation or who are trying to rehabilitate a home that is in rough condition.

Naturally there are conditions to be eligible for most programs in Massachusetts and other places around the U.S. Income guidelines and limits as well as other stipulations may apply; however, it is always a good idea to see if you are eligible for any incentive programs. Doing so just may save you significantly on your first home and may allow you more home than you dreamed possible.

When it comes down to it, if you are considering buying a first home, the best time is now. It is a buyers market and there are a lot of great deals and incentives available to the first time home buyer! Expect to possibly be required to take a home buying 101 class or other classes that are offered through incentive programs.

Additionally the governmental incentives and tax credits are available to most all first time home buyers to try to stimulate the stagnant housing market. If you are ready the market is primed just for you, run your credit, smooth out the wrinkles and start shopping for that dream home. Make your dreams your reality while the market is yours!

J Stromsteen has many years expertise in the finance, real estate, and insurance industry. She contributes to various websites such as First Time Home Buyer where you can find today’s mortgage rates as well as a wealth of information on getting a First Time Home Buyers Loan .

More and more people are selling and renting back their properties as the option becomes more widely understood and regulated. The 2 main reasons why people chose this option is because either :

(a) they can not afford their mortgage or debt payments so they want to pay off their debts by using the equity in their property without remotgaging or moving out.
(b) they have a lot of equity in their homes that they want to release (for their retirement, for comfortable living etc) without moving out or remortgaging.

So some people do it out of necessity and some people do it as a lifestyle choice; they are asset rich and cash poor and chose to access the cash in their property whilst continuing to live in it.

The people who sell and rent back out of necessity are normally in one of the following situations:

* Facing repossession
* Experiencing financial difficulties (due to a whole host of reasons)
* Ill health
* Separation or divorce
* Bereavement

Obviously this does not cover everyone but these are the main reasons behind the forced sale category.

What other options are there?
For those who are not in the forced sale category then a similar option could be a reversionary scheme whereby the owners sells their property to a reversionary scheme operator who then lets them live their rent free indefinitely. Sounds great except that the house is bought way below its market value depending on the age of the owner and the owner received little or none of the sale money (this is used to pay their rent). The scheme operator purchases the properties for a small percentage of its actual value because they take the risk that the previous owner will not live there for a very long time (i.e. they will die at around a certain age). Therefore, if the previous owner wants cash for themselves or to pass onto their family they may chose the sale and rent back option whereby they get more money back (although they have to pay a higher rent to stay in their property).

For the forced sale category other options include remortgaging but to pay off debt sand keep ownership of the property. However, many are in the situation because they have remortgaged so many times they can not afford the payments anymore and lenders will not allow then to remortgage. Others have the option to remortgage but see the danger of increasing debt to pay off other debt they are struggling with.

What price will sale and rent back companies pay?
It will vary between companies but you should be looking to get between 70-85% of the market value of your property if you went down this route. A reputable sale and rent back company will also pay the legal costs of the seller and all valuation fees. Note that the seller will not be liable for estate agent costs or HIP fees so there is extra savings for them here meaning that the discount is not harsh.

What rent will they charge?
The rent charged will depend on the sale price of the property. Some people want very cheap rent so they may negotiate to sell their property for at 70% of its value in exchange or cheap rent. However, even if people sell at the maximum price offered by the sale and rent back company then the rent charged is normally cheaper than previous monthly debt payments. If this was not the case the previous owner may not be able to pay the rent so there would be no point in doing the deal.

Beware
It is important to note that regulation is still in the pipeline for this industry and you should be aware that they are some unscrupulous operators in this field. If you go down this route make sure:

* You do not pay for any valuation fees ever. These should be paid by the sale and rent back company but some pass this on to the seller.
* You do not pay more than 500 GBP of legal costs for the sale (these should cover all your legal costs and the best companies pay this)
* Get the offer in writing including the future rent payments.
* Confirm how much rent will increase every year you live there.
* Ask for the contact details of previous customers to see if they are happy with the service
* Research the company to see if they have been many complaints about them
* Confirm the company is with one the sale and rent back associations such as the National Association of Sale and Rent Back (NASRB).

Carl Robinson is an experienced property consultant and investor. If you want to consider sale and rent back visit Quick Homebuyers to obtain a Free no obligation sale and rent back offer.

So you have decided to buy your first home and off to the right start, but is your decision an informed one? First and foremost, home buyers should be aware of the pitfalls out there when buying a home not to mention being knowledgeable and realistic about what you are getting, before you sign any piece of paper. That is of course unless you have more money than you know what to do with and financial setbacks won’t be an issue. Of course if that’s the case, I am always accepting donations, just kidding! But seriously, do you have that kind of money?

For the sake of this article we will assume that money is an object, therefor you need to get a great deal and know what you are up against before buying. The easiest way to do that is to break this guide down into more manageable sections, which we will call Financial, and Labor, both of which are dirty words. Assuming that you have been out on your own for a while, you have probably been renting either a house or apartment so you already have a good understanding about financial obligation as it relates to your monthly rent payments, probably utility bills and so forth. However, you may not have had a great deal of hands on experience with the labor aspect of this process, and believe me labor can be a very big part of owning a home, just ask a homeowner. So lets get on with it.

Financial Obligations of Owning Your Own Home:

So here are a few of the financial obligations associated with owning a home, mull over these for a little while before deciding to buy.

Your mortgage, including principal and interest.

Have you given any thought about property taxes?

How about your homeowners Insurance?

Don’t forget those utilities, which may include electric, gas, water, sewer, garbage, phone lines and so on.

Can’t leave out the fun stuff like cable, Internet and maybe security service.

There is also general maintenance and upkeep of the property, you know things like painting, replacing worn out fixtures, etc.

Never thought about the majority of the items above? That is okay because the truth of the matter is that most first time home buyers simply don’t. Just because you may be able to afford the home payments doesn’t mean that you can afford the home, so keep that in mind while house hunting. Oh and just in case, this would be the best time to set up a clearly constructed and realistic budget, that way you have a better idea of what exactly you have to spend!

Labor and Time Involved with Owning a Home:

Every homeowner has a certain amount of labor and time that they need to put forth in an effort to upkeep their new home, you could choose to hire this work out but then you start raising your financial obligations above, so you have to weight the cost and benefit of tasks such as:

Lawn maintenance which may include mowing, gardening, pruning trees and bushes, weed removal, leaf removal, and snow removal, etc.

There is also the exterior maintenance of a home, this usually includes painting and associated preparation for painting, cleaning gutters, cleaning and maintaining decks and walk ways, fence repair, cleaning siding, moss and mold removal, weather proofing and so forth.

You should also consider the interior maintenance, you know items like house cleaning, replacement/repair of leaking faucets, windows, doors, carpet and floor cleaning and care. Painting, replacement of electrical fixtures, sockets and switches, up keep on heating and cooling system, including filter changes, duct cleaning and insulating.

Unexpected repairs, including water damage, appliance replacement, fire or smoke damage, weather damage, etc.

Well if you walk away with nothing else from this article than a better idea of what to expect when you purchase a home at least you are one step closer to having the information, and the resources to make an informed decision to buy a new home.

Jessica provides sound advice for first time home buyers that is sure to help you make the right decision about buying a home.

For the residents of a trailer park in Olympia Washington the threat of eviction vanishes as they own their homes. The residents of the park in Olympia were soon to be evicted and lose all they had invested in their homes when a large sum of money was demanded to keep their homes; a feat that was out of reach for all of the residents. The 30 College Street Mobile Home Park residents were told they had to pay $95,000 each for their lots or they would be evicted. Unbelievable distress turned into cooperative hope and then unimaginable joy of success when the residents banded together for a common goal.

Just 10 months after the demand for the money the residents of the park formed a cooperative and raised $1/7 million. With the help of federal, state and county grants as well as low-interest loans the residents are looking forward to signing off on the deal September 12, 2008. The residents will move from soon to be evicted renters to first time home owners by working towards a common goal.

According to a public interest lawyer with the Columbia Legal Services of Seattle, most of the residents would be without a place to live if it were not for the deal they came together to make. The deal turned out to be a win-win for everyone involved. For the residents who did not own their homes prior to the deal they are not new home owners and have been given a sense of accomplishment and success. The residents who already held mortgages on their homes but did not own the property faced losing their investment if they had to move their trailer off the property; most would end up in the dump.

These residents received a sense of relief and a lifting of the stress and worry that plagued them for months. For all of the residence who was saved from eviction they have been given an experience of a lifetime as neighbors are brought together into a big family. According to one resident, “It’s been a real joy to participate in this kind of experience.”

The Olympia Park, once named College Street Mobile Home Park is now renamed. The park is now called Hidden Village and it is the first park in the state to benefit from a new manufactured home program. The new program was established by Washington’s Housing Trust Fund. The former owner of the park property was also the first to receive a tax waiver; the waiver was approved by the Legislature to provide more incentives for park owners.

The goal of the tax waiver is to entice park owners to sell the property to the residents instead of selling to developers. By selling to the residence many families are spared from eviction and are able to continue their lives as home and property owners.

Land values have been exploding and this has led to the closure of hundreds of trailer and manufactured home parks around America. Landowners have cashed in by selling the property to developers. In Washington State alone, nearly 90 mobile home parks closed between 2002 and 2006. A representative from a nonprofit says “So many manufactured home parks are closing around the state that we’re losing valuable affordable housing. It’s more cost effective to save this housing than to build new affordable housing.” This representative played a role in helping the residents organize their push to purchase the park.

This story has a happy ending for these 30 residences but the story has not ended so well in many other parks that have sold. Perhaps with this wonderful success story others will have pick up on the drive to own and the new legislation will give the park owners incentive to sell to the residence and not the developers. Again a win win for all.

J Stromsteen has many years expertise in the finance, real estate, and insurance industry. She contributes to various websites such as First Time Home Buyer where you can find today’s mortgage rates as well as a wealth of information on getting a First Time Home Buyers Loan .

Colchester in Essex is regarded to be the oldest town in Britain, referring to the large Roman settlement on the site. The town has always been hot property because of its preferential elevated position over the surrounding landscape as well as its proximity to the sea and River Colne. Today this is no less true and your average estate agent in Colchester is more than happy to present a variety of properties that range from luxury executive flats to cute terraced cottages. Ultimately, when looking at buying property in the area it is worth using the services of a Colchester estate agent; they have the local knowledge that will enable you to find the right property in the right area. But when selecting agents it is important to make a few vital considerations, hopefully the following information will help you in making your choice.

The first and most important consideration is to realise the importance of balancing costs and service. If an estate agent quotes you a ridiculously low price, it is advisable to be wary, it does not necessarily relate to the service you will receive. Fees are an inevitable part of the property selling process but it is important to remember that service should be your primary concern. Choose the right service and the fees will always be negotiable, be careful however, if you secure too low a price due to your hard bargaining, the service you are given may suffer.

Naturally once you have reached a verbal agreement with the estate agent it will be time to sign the contract. This is where extra care should be taken, meticulously poring over the details to ensure you are in not left with any misunderstandings. One of the most important contractual agreements will be the time period you are tied to the agent for, ideally you want to keep this to around six weeks to two months, any more and you may find yourself stuck with an agent who is not performing their role effectively. Additionally it is strongly advisable to avoid “sole selling” agreements; these will limit your selling opportunities as you will be tied to a single agent.

Usually a single estate agent is not totally a bad idea however, multiple agents can in fact make the buying and selling process more complicated. There is a large opportunity for the agents to clash in their working methods and hence make their efforts ineffective and inefficient with different agents pulling in all manner of directions. That said, if the agents can strike up a good working relationship, they can achieve the right sale at the right price.

When selecting agents it is easy to take style over substance. Many of us are understandably put off by the hard selling, quick talking agent and would prefer the friendly, more honest looking. However, it is important to try and remove the emotional from the logical and decide which agent to use on their record, how quickly they can sell houses and how often they receive a sum close to the asking price. By taking this logical approach you stand the best chance of selling your home, if buying; choosing an estate agent that has a record of finding suitable houses for people is the most advisable course of action.

As well as the agent’s past record, it is important to realise how they communicate with their clients. An estate agent that readily communicates all relevant developments in good time is the ideal. This however works both ways, as a client it is important to keep the agent informed of any changes in order for them to relate these changes to other parties.

This advice does not apply to estate agents in the Colchester but worldwide. Ultimately you are paying for a service; this service should perform the tasks it sets out to do, whether this is finding buyers or properties.

Property expert Thomas Pretty looks into estate agent Colchester services and advises both buyers and sellers on ow to secure the best service.

One of the country’s biggest home builders, Pulte Homes is offering dreams for many potential first time home buyers. Pulte Homes Inc. states that it will match the new $7,500 tax credit with its own $7,500 discount on homes for first time home buyers.
Pulte Homes Inc., one of the country’s largest home builders, says it will match a new $7,500 tax credit for first-time home buyers with its own $7,500 discount on homes. This comes as a dream come true for many who are looking to take advantage of all the incentives and enticements as well as the lower housing prices to become first time home buyers.

According to Pulte, the goal of this offer which will be extended to any buyer of a Pulte home is “to draw attention not only to our homes but to the housing market in general,” reports Richard J. Dugas, president and chief executive of Pulte. With the decline in housing prices, the devaluation of homes due to the increase of vacant homes from foreclosures this may help those who are ready buy and take advantage of all of the incentives.

The tax credit that was signed into law last week was lobbied hard for by home builders. It is all part of a bigger housing rescue package that is beginning to spread. Currently the housing industry is working hard to get the word to consumers and is hoping the tax break will help pull the crippled housing market out of danger. President of the National Association of Home Builders, Sandy Dunn, states that many potential first time home buyers are now in a good position to buy a home but are understandable nervous about the market. In a conference call Monday Dunn says “This tax credit will help them off the fence.”

According to the NAHB, 40% of all house buyers are first time buyers. The first time home buyer is seen as the key to restoring the housing market. This is generally because the first time home buyer does not have to unload a home before they are able to buy a new one. Focusing the incentives on the first time home buyer now can help to stimulate the industry enough to make it a prime industry for all once again and eventually help stimulate and restore the economy on the whole.

Individuals looking to qualify for the tax credit can have an adjusted income of up to $75,000 a year or a combined adjusted income of up to $150,000 a year for married couples filing jointly. Under the law a person must not have owned a home in the last 3 years to qualify as a first time home buyer. Additionally, the home purchased must close between April 8, 2008 and July 1, 2009 to qualify for the credit.

The individuals who qualify for the tax credit will be matched by Pulte Homes in a discount when they purchase a Pulte home. This may just steady the nerves of the apprehensive first time home buyer who is ready to buy that first home.

J Stromsteen has many years expertise in the finance, real estate, and insurance industry. She contributes to various websites such as First Time Home Buyer where you can find today’s mortgage rates as well as a wealth of information on getting a First Time Home Buyers Loan .

Newbie real estate investors spend a lot of time running. It’s the nature of the beast. There’s an air of excitement and exuberance. You get a lead and you want to see that property now. Not now, but right now. The potential seller says to you, “Just drive by and let me know what you can do for me.” If you do that, you are definitely still a newbie. No one will have to teach you not to do this. It only takes a few times and you will learn quickly on your own. Such forays are a waste of time and time is money.

The smartest way to run your real estate investing business is to prequalify the leads and do it quickly. If you are marketing correctly, the leads will be coming in. The more leads you have coming in the more quickly you will have to move through the prequalifying process. Do this on the phone before you ever get into your car to look at a property.

List of Prequalifying Questions

Create your own list of prequalifying questions that you want answered. As you ask the questions (on the phone), draw your potential seller into a conversation and listen closely to their comments and answers.

Usually you will begin by asking about the property. That’s fine, but a house is a house. What you really need to know is where is their pain. Do they want to sell this property; or do they need to sell this property? You guessed it, the latter is the one you are looking for.

Motivated or Unmotivated?

Always remember - it is not your job as a real estate investor to motivate an unmotivated seller. It is not your job to beg or plead with this person. Your job is to sort out as quickly as possible those who are not motivated to sell.

The more unmotivated sellers you try to deal with, the bigger your discouragement will grow. A newbie real estate investor can only take so much rejection. Soon you will be convinced there are no motivated sellers anywhere to be found and you’ll be ready to quit. Of course that is not true. But that is the reason why unmotivated sellers must be removed quickly from your stack of leads.

Discover their Situation

Once you have talked to the potential seller about the house, turn the conversation to their situation. You want to know why they want to sell. You must ask! And once you ask, you must listen. You will hear a wide variety of stories - medical reasons, business failure, divorce, transfers, a death in the family. You will hear it all.

Now that you have pinned down their motivation, move on to other questions such as:

- Do you have a price in mind that you are asking for the property?
- What will you need to make it worth your while to sell the property?
- If someone were to buy your property, how much cash would you need to close quickly? (This question will bring some interesting answers. Sometimes they only want to get out with a little moving money.)

Educate Your Prospects

Realize ahead of time that many sellers expect you to take the time to drive by the property, take the time to research the comps, and then take the time to visit with them personally. This is what realtors do and that’s what they have come to expect. You must educate them differently.

They will be surprised that you are not begging for their business. And many who refuse to work with you at first, if you follow up in three to six month, you will find they have moved from wanting to sell to needing to sell. Now they fit your criteria.

Don’t throw away that lead information. It pays to be patient; it pays to follow up.

Conclusion

The sooner you learn to prequalify all the leads that come into your real estate investing business, the quicker you will move from wasting time to having a deal. This is one area of doing business that must be learned early and must be learned quickly.

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For those people requiring a quick sale or wanting to sell and rent back their properties there is now a whole plethora of specialist homebuying and rent back companies to chose from. The problem is that until regulation comes in (which will hopefully be shortly after the FSA have finished their investigation in the practices and best way to regulate the sector) then many unscrupulous companies will be allowed to exist.

How does the quick sale process work
The home buying company will buy your property directly from you. They are not an estate agency of middleman and they take full ownership of the property. They will typically offer you between 75-85% of the market value of the property in exchange for a quick (4 weeks or less) guaranteed sale. They will then rent out the property or sell it on.

Given the buying and selling costs are about 5% each then these companies may only make 5% profit on each property if bought at 85% and less if they can not sell it for months. This is why they need to buy at a discount.

How does rent back work
If you need to sell but want to stay in your property (i.e. because you need to pay off arrears or avoid repossession for example) then renting back your property could be the ideal solution.

This involves you selling the property to a specialist company and then them renting it back to you (most home buying specialists offer this service). The sale price will normally be between 75-85% of its market value just like in a quick sale situation.

The rent you would be charged would be similar to the market rent of that property. This rent normally works out less than previous mortgage payments and loan outgoings so that the person stays in the their property and reduces their outgoings.

When you rent back your property will most normally be on an assured shorthold tenancy agreement (AST). This is the standard contract between tenants and landlords. The maximum term of this contract can only be 12 months so it is imperative this has a clause added to this agreement giving you the right to renew this contract on it expiry. They should also specify how much the rent will increase each year (normally with inflation or set % amount).

A good company will insert a right to renew clause in the tenancy agreement. This gives the tenancy the right to renew their tenancy each year as long as conditions are met (i.e. the rent is paid, the property is kept in satisfactory condition).

Be careful which company you deal with
Anyone who says they can show you how to “Sell your property in 7
days or less for full market value” is LYING!! They just want to get into your front door and soon the offer of buying at full market value disappears. If you think about it, how could they make such an offer and make money as a business and why would they not just go to estate agents and buy up all the properties in the
windows? If it sounds to be good to be true it normally is!

Some unscrupulous companies have tarnished the image of sale and
rent back by evicting tenants when they did not want to leave. Please contact previous customers of the company and check online for reviews of them to make sure you are not dealing with such a company. Also check to see if they are a member of a recognised association which has a strict code of conduct such as the National Association of Sale and Rent Back (NASRB).

Why would a rent back company throw me out?
The vast majority of rent back companies love having previous owners stay in the properties for the long term as they do not have to advertise for new tenants each year and have periods when their property is empty.

In addition, sale and rent back tenants treat the property with great care as it still s feels like their house and not rented accomodation. They tend to respect properties better than normal tenants and most companies do not want to lose them.

Also, a good sale and rent back company will give some assurances about future increases in rent. For example, they may stipulate that rents will only increase with inflation each year or at the same rate as market rents. This should be in the contract. If not, there is a danger they could increase the rents massively each year to the point where it is effectively forcing their tenants out.

Option to Buy Back
Some companies will also give you the option to buy back your property at a fixed price in the future. This is agreed before you sell and this contract is registered at the land registry. This gives you a legal right, but not obligation, to buy your property at a preagreed price over a set timeframe.

Regulation of sale and rent back
The Office of Fair Trading are conducting a study that will determine whether existing consumer laws can keep homeowners adequately informed and protected, and could recommend that sale and rent back is fully regulated. Any further protection will be great for reputable companies and rent back customers.

Carl Robinson is an experienced property consultant and investor from the UK. If you want a quick home sale visit Quick Home Buyers for a free report on how to sell your property quickly.

Patong Beach, Phuket, Thailand has to be one of the most interesting places in the world. During the day the beach is alive with jet skis and parasailing. Thousands of people are on the white sandy beach enjoying Thailand’s wonderful tanning sunshine and cool breezes. During the evening, the nightlife starts to heat up around ten PM and lasts well into the morning with Patong’s many discos beer bars and night establishments catering to the weathered seasoned foreigners.

Aside from the fact that now Patong is no longer just a little sleepy beach town on Phuket’s Andaman coast, it has become an international hangout for the wealthy and jaded alike. Investing in Patong Beach, Phuket is like investing in oil or gold. The demand outstrips the supply by many times. There are several projects in Phuket offering many different amenities to their clients. Some projects offer great sea views, great locations and even peaceful garden or mountain settings just a few kilos from town center. The one thing that they all have in common is that the demands for these properties are greater than the supply.

Buying affordable properties like apartments in Patong Beach is a great way to retire in a few short years because the property values are sky rocketing in this quickly developing town. You can invest in a holiday property and use it for the short time you’re on holiday. Later, when it is time to go back home, you can rent it out while your back home dreaming about your next vacation to the land of smiles. Your Patong apartment can be earning you some rental cash as your investment continues to appreciate at unbelievable rates of twenty to thirty percent per year. Investment in south Thailands’ Patong Beach is quickly becoming knew as now only one of the world’s best night life hot spots but also a real estate boom town.

Living on Phuket Island for the last four years I have noticed many changes to the island’s scenery. Some people simply believe that an island like this should be preserved for its natural beauty. Others believe it should be developed and harvested for its ability to bring foreigners from afar to visit the island of great beaches, wonderful sunshine and beautiful smiles. I believe that the island must continue to grow and improve its facilities and infrastructure to handle the millions of visitors the island receives every year. Part of that is the citys ability to offer choices in hotels, condos, apartments, restaurants and nightlife menus to the thousands of new visitors that arrive each day.

Luckily this island is growing in that direction with many new choices in condos and apartments coming into the market each month. Visiting all the new projects can alone be rewarding just seeing all the new ideas that are being implemented in the new designs and advancement in technology. Having a second home in Patong beach is becoming more rewarding than ever before because it’s quickly becoming a very modern city with modern convenes like shopping malls and markets that resemble that of any western nation. Patong is truly a unique city because it offers so much to the person who decides to call this home.

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If your one of the many people that look for real estate properties among other properties online, then your in luck. There are tons of sites online that offer these options and tons more such as Services, Featured Ads, Insurance Comparison offers as well as Mortgage and Refinancing quotes. These sites are spectacular when your looking for a “one-stop-shop” type of deal and dont want to have to visit ten different sites for 10 different things.

For the real estate option these sites are most likely compared to sites like classifieds and craigslist. They offer different categories of properties such as commercial, single-family, condos, rentals, vacation rentals, land, new construction, and multi-family. With in these categories you can choose different properties. For example, on the site Im looking at right now, if I click vacation rentals these sorts of properties come up:

Beautiful House On The Lake (Catskills, New York)
Vacationing Apartments and Villas in Orlando, Florida (Orlando Florida, Florida)
Nightly Apartment Rentals In NYC (Manhattan, New York).

These properties also offer a detailed description, as well as prices, URLs and contact information as well as the date the post was put up. Services section, include items such as appraisers, construction cleaning services, financial, inspections, home improvement, movers, and wanted ads. For example, if I choose home improvement the following choices come up:

Featured Reasonable Prices On Home Improvements (tri-state, New York)
Structural Engineer ABC Consulting Engineers LLC (Monroe, Connecticut)
NYC Rubbish Removal (Manhattan, New York)
Efficient Home Repairs (Brooklyn, New York)

I try to make life as easy as I possibly can. When it comes to any sort of math I get lost in a quick hurry, so these mortgage calculators workout great. These purchasing and financing calculators include options such as sale price of home, percentage down, length of mortgage, and annual interest rate! Obviously these can be used very efficiently and easily.

As said above, another great thing about sites like these are tools such as Insurance Comparison offers as well as Mortgage and Refinancing quotes. As far as insurance goes sites such as this offer, auto, business, health, home, life, renters, and motorcycle insurance. Again this is terrific for you because everything is all in one place. Once you click the insurance that your looking for, you will be taken to a page to enter in the state you are located in. Once you enter the state your located in a new page will come up and provide you with different rates for different insurance companies such as Geico, esurance, Allstate, progressive, liberty mutual, etc. As you can see there are many uses for sites like this and visiting them would definitely be worth your while.

This author is a huge fan of DiscoverRealty.com a social real estate website where you can add a link to your ads and websites.